Yahoo gives Flickr a new face, a new app, and a new business model
arstechnica.com
Recent activity on the Web site. Buying Tumblr isn't the only big thing that Yahoo has done today. Flickr, the photo storage and sharing site bought by Yahoo way back in 2005, has been brought into the 21st century with a new look, new pricing, and a new Android...
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Gawker's "Crackstarter" is skeezy but potentially significant
pandodaily.com
Gawker is about $80,000 into a cheeky scheme to raise a couple hundred grand to pay some drug dealers for a video that allegedly shows Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack. The “Crackstarter” campaign has caught some flak on ethical grounds – some people are uncomfortable with the idea of...
Jolla's Software Chief Says Co-Creation Is What Makes The MeeGo Startup's Phone Hardware So Special
techcrunch.com
Jolla, a Finnish startup formed in response to Nokia’s decision to ditch MeeGo in favour of Windows Phone, has finally taken the wraps off the smartphone hardware that will be paired with its “unlike” Sailfish UI. Being a startup is challenging enough in any business sector but Jolla is seeking...
Tumblr: a big blank canvas in the world wide web
www.guardian.co.uk
Yahoo is paying $1.1bn for Tumblr, so let's hope it doesn't go the same way as GeocitiesName: Tumblr.Age: Six.Appearance: Photos of animals and snacks, often captioned, sometimes combined.What is it? It's a multimedia blogging platform.Meaning? Meaning a Tumblr page is a big blank canvas. Users can post pictures, songs, links,...
Bloom.fm Is A Mobile-First Music Streaming Service That's Playing To A Different Tune
techcrunch.com
The news that Google has launched its own all-you-can-eat music steaming service, catchily named ‘Google Play Music All Access‘, didn’t come as a surprise. There had been rumours that the search giant was planning to create a Spotify/Rdio/Deezer competitor for some time. Why has it done so? Apparently it had...
GrubHub And Seamless In Talks To Merge
techcrunch.com
Today, thanks to the maturation of the web, digital tech, and smartphones now in seemingly every pocket, startups are finding it easier than ever before to build scalable solutions to finally address the many inefficiencies in our food manufacturing, production and distribution systems. As interest in food tech balloons, one...
AOL's Patch Gets New CEO, As Just Under Three Percent of Staff Is Laid Off in Consolidation (Memo)
allthingsd.com
Changes at AOL’s local content site, Patch: CEO Jon Brod will step down and is being replaced by COO and President Steve Kalin, according to an internal memo the New York Internet company sent to the division’s employees today. As part of the move, Brod will be going back...
RapidShare lays off most of its staff as it struggles to find new business model
gigaom.com
Maybe being honest doesn’t pay, after all: Switzerland-based file hoster RapidShare has laid off 45 of its 60 employees to cut down on costs as it tries to reinvent itself and focus more on B2B cloud storage services. The cuts were first reported by Swiss daily 20min, who was told...
Google And SAP: Two Very Different Cloud Strategies
readwrite.com
While both Google and SAP shared a 1980's music sensibility at their respective conferences this week - Billy Idol performed at Google I/O and U2's Bono walked the floor at SAPPHIRE - the two companies see the future of computing very differently. Even when the two companies agree on...
Ringadoc nabs $700K to bridge the communication gap between doctors & patients
venturebeat.com
This story is part of a series exploring the themes of our upcoming health tech conference, May 20-21 in San Francisco. Read the full series here. Want to call your doctor but can’t abide that awful 1970s call center system, and the hour-long wait? Patients need a better way...
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